Archive: sustainability
14 Articles
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Environmental Justice
- Madhura Shembekar
- Summer 2023
Extinction Rebellion: Inciting Controversy–and Conversation–Since 2018
Extinction Rebellion, a U.K.-based, radical environmental group, uses public acts of civil disobedience to spark conversation about the climate.…
September 21, 2023
- Climate Change
- Madhura Shembekar
- Summer 2023
- Sustainability
Building a Better Future: Urbanism and Conflict in Environmentalism
Dr. Silvia Danielak, urbanist and peace scholar, and Common Home Editor Madhura Shembekar discuss the role infrastructure plays in peacekeeping and the.…
September 13, 2023
- Alexandra Pyne
- Climate Change
- Summer 2023
- Sustainability
One Industry, Many Ideologies: Exploring Sustainable Finance
2022 Stapleton Fellow at Georgetown University, Alexandra Pyne examines the role of the finance industry in addressing the climate. …
September 5, 2023
- Alannah Nathan
- Food & Water
- Spring 2023
Reinventing the Food System Through Private Investment
Alannah Nathan examines how two alternative agricultural companies are changing the cultivation.…
June 20, 2023
- Candice Powers
- Food & Water
- Spring 2023
Kelp is on the way: How one scientist is using seaweed and oysters to save our coastal waters and communities
Georgetown alumni Candice Powers profiles mariculture pioneer Michael Doall who is leading the charge for sustainable oyster farms that both provide sustenance and clean the.…
June 20, 2023
- Alannah Nathan
- Editor Letters
- Marion Cassidy
- Maya Snyder
- Spring 2023
Editor Letter, Spring 2023
We are thrilled to present to you the fifth issue of Common Home, Georgetown’s magazine on environment and sustainability from the Earth Commons Institute (ECo). In this issue,…
May 31, 2023
- Alannah Nathan
- Editor Letters
- Fall 2022
- Marion Cassidy
- Maya Snyder
Editor Letter, Fall 2022
We are thrilled to present to you the fourth issue of Common Home, Georgetown’s magazine on environment and sustainability from the Earth Commons Institute (ECo). In this…
April 14, 2023
- Arts & Culture
- Climate Change
- Environmental Health
- Environmental Justice
- Food & Water
- Peter Marra
- Sustainability
Common Home Photography Showcase Winners
In biodiversity conservation as in climate action, seeing the forest for the trees means acting before the forest is reduced to a single tree. That means taking real action now…
April 11, 2023
- Climate & Energy
- Fall 2022
- Maria Petrova
Seven Reasons to Learn About Energy
A sustainable future calls for a changing energy landscape. Dr. Maria Petrova lays down seven reasons to learn about our energy system and how we can act to improve. …
October 17, 2022
- Arts & Culture
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Justice
- Series
Earth Day with Earth Commons
Voices on the Environment Series: Intergenerational Justice Voices on the Environment is a multi-year event series at the intersection of science, the humanities and the arts…
August 25, 2022